We asked 9 New Yorkers how often they get Botox: ‘Like getting their nails done’
NY Post
Amid a boom in transparency surrounding cosmetic procedures, the once-taboo tweakments to age gracefully now seem more pervasive than ever as youth chasers integrate popular injectables, like Botox and filler, into their beauty regimens.
“There’s been a dramatic shift from people viewing these things as a form of cosmetic surgery or a medical thing to a form of grooming,” celebrity cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Paul Jarrod Frank, founder of Manhattan’s PFRANKMD, told The Post.
“People look at it as a form of grooming, like getting their hair done, like getting their nails done.”
Now, there’s an “overwhelming normalization that it’s OK to do things cosmetic,” he added — and New Yorkers seem to agree.
Beauty enthusiasts in the Big Apple are among the ever-growing population of people adopting cosmetic treatments into their regular maintenance routine.
Gillian Del Zotto never thought she would admit to getting Botox, much less publicize the fact on social media and in The Post.
